Two of 11 student activists, Aslam Akhtar, left, and Ali Sayeed, talk to their attorney Reem Salahi during an arraignment hearing April 15 at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana. All 11 activists pleaded not guilty in a Santa Ana courtroom to disturbing a speech by Israeli Ambassador...

Two of 11 student activists, Aslam Akhtar, left, and Ali Sayeed, talk to their attorney Reem Salahi during an arraignment hearing April 15 at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana. All 11 activists pleaded not guilty in a Santa Ana courtroom to disturbing a speech by Israeli Ambassador... (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)

Two of 11 student activists, Aslam Akhtar, left, and Ali Sayeed, talk to their attorney Reem Salahi during an arraignment hearing April 15 at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana. All 11 activists pleaded not guilty in a Santa Ana courtroom to disturbing a speech by Israeli Ambassador...